On Fri, 20 May 2011, Ned Slider wrote:
To: CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org From: Ned Slider ned@unixmail.co.uk Subject: Re: [CentOS] Creating a Centos endorsed 3rd part repo
On 20/05/11 13:31, Keith Roberts wrote:
Hi all.
I'd like to put together a small repo for Centos packages that I build on my machine, and make them available for other Centos users.
Are there any guidlines for creating an officially endorsed Centos 3rd party repo please?
Kind Regards,
Keith Roberts
No, because CentOS will not officially endorse anything that it does not build (and sign) itself.
OK - I can understand the reasons for that :)
You are talking about a community 3rd party repo. Rather than reinvent the wheel, why don't you just contribute (and maintain) your packages in an existing repository. RPMforge would be a good choice and I'm sure would welcome your contribution.
I'm sure they would Ned. But I want to learn how to do the whole repository thing myself - not just build packages for another very good 3rd party repo.
What packages did you have in mind? Are you sure they don't exist somewhere already?
Things like qps and the latest version of Kompozer.
So are there any guidlines on creating a community 3rd party repo that would make it into the Centos Wiki pages please?
Kind Regards,
Keith
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